ELECTIVES
SUMMER 2014 ELECTIVES:
GET READY!
Among this year’s alumni elective options are some exciting new
offerings in finance, marketing, and entrepreneurship, as well as
some of the old firm favorites. So if you’re looking to develop new
skills or take a popular elective you missed in school, then here’s
your chance!
Each alumnus is entitled to take one free elective a year (please
note that a small course material fee does apply) at any of Hult’s
locations around the world. With this year’s elective offerings you
can discover new ways to use content marketing, brush up on your
market research skills, figure out how to add value through sustainability, and much more. It’s also a great way to visit a Hult campus and
connect with a new generation of Hult students. Here we showcase
a few of the electives on offer.*
If you’ve updated your details with the Hult Alumni Association
in the past year, you’ll be receiving the list of electives in late spring
2014 along with instructions on how to register. If you haven’t
updated your details yet, you can do so at: hult.edu/alumni
* ample electives are correct at time of print. They may differ from the actual list
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of electives provided in late spring 2014
Risk Management
In recent years risk management has become a critical function
and career path for professionals in virtually all institutions, such as
corporations, banks, insurance companies, pension funds, endowments, foundations, hedge funds, mutual funds, and regulatory
agencies. The goal of this course is to develop the skill sets required
to measure and manage risks faced by such institutions in an
integrated framework. Topics covered include:
• arket risk management: we identify and analyze market risk
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drivers such as interest rates, currency, equity, and commodity
risks on products and positions
• redit risk management: we cover measures of credit risks e.g.
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probability of default, exposure at default, loss given default, recovery rates, expected default frequency, and other related topics
• perational risk: we explore a series of risks related to but not
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limited to failures of systems, procedures, human error, and natural
disasters which have significant financial impacts on institutions
• nterprise Risk Management (ERM): we integrate market, credit,
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and operational risk in an integrated risk management framework.
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Don’t miss out
on registration
for electives,
update your
details now at:
hult.edu/alumni
Raising Early Stage Capital
The course covers the essential tools and know-how one needs
to build a sturdy financial foundation for a profitable business. A
practical road map is developed to guide the student in the vision
and execution needed to take the business to the next level, and in
developing an exit strategy and crafting a compelling business pitch,
to raise funds. The course offers potent methods for how entrepreneurs can attract the financial resources that they require while
keeping financial control of their enterprise, and provides insightful
tips for avoiding the multitude of financial barriers that may block
their entrepreneurial dream. After this class you can, amongst other
things, expect to:
• Be able to determine capital requirements
• Understand and make informed trade-offs regarding the many
different sources of capital available
• Be aware of new and traditional funding choices
• Understand value drivers and how they affect valuation
• Understand how to prepare financial projections for investors
• Understand how to communicate with professional investors
• Understand appropriate levels of equity to surrender in terms of
investment obtained
• Understand how to choose the optimal investors for your venture
• Understand how to allocate stock options in an equitable manner
given relative contributions of founders and early team members
• Understand how to map the venture’s capital spending plan to key
growth milestones
• Understand how to develop and deliver an effective pitch to
investors.